Language: English
Consisting of 2 presentations
12:00 - 13:00 POST-QUANTUM SOLACE: STAYING CYBERSECURE IN THE AGE OF QUANTUM COMPUTING
Ever since the 1990s, when Peter Shor found an efficient algorithm to recover private key material, we have known that the public key cryptography that the Internet heavily relies on can be catastrophically broken by a quantum computer. For years, this was seen as a hypothetical threat, but advances in the development of quantum computers have experts worried that this threat will no longer be as theoretical in the future.
In this talk, I will introduce the threat quantum computers pose, and debunk several myths about the imminence of these threats. I will also show that despite overhyping of quantum computers, there are real threats that require us to take action soon, or even in some cases as soon as possible. This requires the development, standardisation and deployment of so-called post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The talk will give a high-level introduction to PQC, the current state of the art and discuss the challenges of an Internet-wide transition to these new types of cryptographic algorithms.
Vulnerabilities and Risk?
Vulnerabilities in software are getting more and more attention. Sometimes they get a name and a logo and there’s a large hype around them. But how do we deal with risks around these vulnerabilities?
In this short session Rik will explain how the NCSC looks at risks of vulnerabilities and how this relates to what others do. He will also show some current developments as well as how we can improve.